The Rock Hall Reconsidered Project: Round 28 Results
After the Round 27 results were revealed, each nomination committee member was asked to compile another list of 40 currently-eligible artists to create the Round 28 ballot. With the addition of newly-eligible artists for the Class of 2009 (who released their first record in 1983) to the mix. With 22 spots available from last round, the committee replaced their existing nominees and generated an official ballot for Round 28:
Round 28 Nominees
- Bad Brains***
- Bauhaus***
- Billy Idol
- Black Flag
- Boston
- Brian Eno
- Buzzcocks***
- Culture Club**
- Cyndi Lauper*
- Dead Kennedys***
- Grace Jones
- Husker Du
- Ice-T*
- Iggy Pop
- Kansas**
- Kenny Rogers**
- Kurtis Blow***
- Los Lobos
- Lucinda Williams
- Luther Vandross
- Motley Crue***
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Patti LaBelle
- Robert Palmer**
- Run-DMC*
- Slayer*
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble*
- Squeeze
- Steve Earle**
- Steve Winwood
- Sting
- Sugarhill Gang**
- Sylvester***
- Tears for Fears**
- Television
- The Jam
- The Smiths*
- The Village People**
- Violent Femmes*
- X
*indicates the artist is nominated in their first year of eligibility
**indicates the artist is appearing on the ballot for the first time after their first year of eligibility
***indicates the artist returned to the ballot after receiving less than 25% in a prior round
Veterans Committee Ballot
Bernie Taupin
Chuck Willis
Gene Pitney
Harry Belafonte
John Denver
KC & The Sunshine Band
Steppenwolf
The Clovers
The Sonics
Willie Dixon
Visual Results
122 Ballots Received
122 Ballots Received
Full Results
(+/- indicates how much support for the artist increased or deceased from the previous round)
77.00% (94): Run-DMC
69.70% (85): The Smiths
58.20% (71): Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
56.60% (69): Cyndi Lauper
54.90% (67): X (+15.10%)
53.40% (65): Brian Eno (+6.70%), Tears for Fears
52.50% (64): Black Flag
51.60% (63): Los Lobos (+23.60%), Ozzy Osbourne (+19.40%), Robert Palmer
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41.00% (50): The Jam (+7.90%)
38.50% (47): Grace Jones (+8.00%), Squeeze (+10.50%)
36.10% (44): Steve Winwood (+8.10%), Television (+9.00%)
35.20% (43): Boston (+3.00%)
33.60% (41): Billy Idol (+7.30%), Dead Kennedys, Ice-T, Iggy Pop (+7.30%), Luther Vandross (+8.20%), Slayer
32.80% (40): Patti LaBelle (+4.00%)
31.10% (38): Sting (+2.30%), Sugarhill Gang
28.70% (35): Bad Brains (+4.10%)
27.90% (34): Bauhaus (+6.70%), Husker Du (-5.20%), Lucinda Williams (+2.50%), Motley Crue (+3.30%)
27.00% (33): Culture Club
26.20% (32): Kurtis Blow
25.40% (31): Buzzcocks, Kansas
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20.50% (25): Kenny Rogers
17.20% (21): The Village People
11.50% (14): Steve Earle, Violent Femmes
9.00% (11): Sylvester
Veterans Committee Ballot Results:
51.60% (63): Willie Dixon
50.80% (62): Chuck Willis, KC & The Sunshine Band, Steppenwolf
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41.00% (50): Gene Pitney
40.20% (49): John Denver
39.30% (48): Harry Belafonte
28.70% (35): Bernie Taupin
26.20% (32): The Clovers
20.50% (25): The Sonics
As a result, the following artists have been inducted into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2009:
- Black Flag
- Brian Eno
- Cyndi Lauper
- Los Lobos
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Robert Palmer
- Run-DMC
- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
- Tears for Fears
- The Smiths
- X
The following artists have been inducted via the Veterans Committee into the Rock Hall Reconsidered Project's Class of 2009:
- Chuck Willis
- KC & The Sunshine Band
- Steppenwolf
- Willie Dixon
The following artist(s) received less than 25% of the total vote this round and will need to re-nominated by the Nomination Commitee to appear on a future ballot (pending eligbility):
- Kenny Rogers
- Steve Earle
- Sylvester
- The Village People
- Violent Femmes
The following artist(s) have reached the maximum number of nominations within their 10 years of eligibility and will now be considered for the veterans committee ballot:
- Kansas
The 23 artists who did not receive induction this round will automatically be nominated in Round 29. Next week, we will consider artists eligible for the Class of 2010 (artists who released their first record in 1984).
Artists Who Were Considered by the Committee but Ultimately Didn’t Receive Enough Votes to Appear on the Round 28 Ballot: 10,000 Maniacs, Adam and the Ants, Alabama, Amy Grant, Anita Baker, Anthrax, B.T. Express, Billy Bragg, Billy Ocean, Billy Squier, Boney M., Bonnie Tyler, Bryan Adams, Buckwheat Zydeco, Captain and Tenille, Chris Rea, Cocteau Twins, David Byrne, David Foster, Dio, DJ Kool Herc, Don Henley, Echo and the Bunnymen, Eddie Money, Einsturzende Neubauten, Faith No More, Gang of Four, Gary Numan, George Clinton, George Strait, George Thorogood and The Destroyers, Gloria Gaynor, Graham Parker & The Rumour, Huey Lewis And The News, Jefferson Starship, Jim Steinman, Joe Jackson, John Hiatt, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, k.d. lang, Madness, Marillion, Marshall Crenshaw, Meat Puppets, Michael McDonald, Midnight Oil, Ministry, Minor Threat, Minutemen, Misfits, Missing Persons, Mission of Burma, Natalie Cole, New Edition, Nick Lowe, Nile Rodgers, Oingo Boingo, Pantera, Pere Ubu, Petra, Public Image Ltd., Pulp, Queensrÿche, Quiet Riot, Rainbow, Reba McEntire, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Thompson, Robert Cray, Robyn Hitchcock, Selena y Los Dinos, Shoes, Shonen Knife, Simple Minds, Social Distortion, Split Enz, Starz, Suicidal Tendencies, Suicide, Talk Talk, Ted Nugent, Teddy Pendergrass, The Alan Parsons Project, The Art of Noise, The Average White Band, The Blues Brothers, The Boomtown Rats, The Brothers Johnson, The Cramps, The Damned, The Dead Boys, The Dictators, The English Beat, The Fall, The Gap Band, The Germs, The Human League, The Neville Brothers, The Psychedelic Furs, The Saints, The Slits, The Smithereens, The Specials, The Style Council, The Time, The Undertones, Throbbing Gristle, Toto, Twisted Sister, UB40, Wham!, Whitesnake, Whodini, Wire, X-Ray Spex, XTC, Zapp
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